Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

nahi नहि – indeed not; for not

adverb · particle · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary particle

indeed not; for not

Cappeller 1891 Word type unspecified

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

nahí ·(ná hí) adv. indeed not, by no means, not at all.

Monier-Williams 1872 particle

Original text · English · particle

nahi na-hi, ind. for not, surely not, cer- tainly not, by no means, not at all; na-nahi, cer- tainly not; (nahi is sometimes strengthened in the Veda by other particles, e. g. nahy aṅga, nahi nu, nahi sma.)

Petersburger 1855 adverb

Original text · German · adverb

nahí (1. na + hi) adv. VS. PRĀT. 5,35. gaṇa cādi zu P. 1,4,57. ja (unbetont) nicht, denn nicht; gewiss nicht, durchaus nicht AK. 3,5,11. H. 1539. ṚV. 1,10,8. ṚV. 1,22,4. ṚV. 1,24,6. ṚV. 1,39,4. ṚV. 8,30,1. ṚV. 8,46,11. yadī̀ śṛ̱ṇotyalàkaṃ śṛṇoti na̱hi pra̱vedà sukṛ̱tasya̱ panthā̀m ṚV. 10,71,6. ṚV. 10,86,11. ṚV. 10,142,1. AV. 6,49,1. AV. 6,101,1. VS. 33,60. M. 2,171. M. 3,168. M. 11,13. HIḌ. 2,36. MBH. 4,877. MBH. 5,7045. HIT. I, 55. RĀJA-TAR. 2,29. DHŪRTAS. 93,7. DAŚAK._in_BENF. Chr. 187,23. BENF. Chr. 194,3. Verstärkt durch andere Partikeln: nahyaṅga ṚV. 8,24,12. ṚV. 8,24,15. durch nu ṚV. 1,80,15. ṚV. 1,167,9. ṚV. 6,27,3. durch sma ṚV. 4,31,9. ṚV. 8,7,21. nahikam gaṇa cādi zu P. 1,4,57.

Böhtlingk 1879 adverb

Original text · German · adverb

nahí (náhí MAITR. S. und ŚAT. BR. z. B. ŚAT. BR. 2,4,2,6. ŚAT. BR. 9,1,1,29) Adv. ja (unbetont) nicht, denn nicht; gewiss nicht, durchaus nicht. Verstärkt durch ein nachfolgendes aṅgá, nú, sma und *kam.

Original text · German · adverb

nahí (náhí MAITR. S. und ŚAT. BR. z. B. ŚAT. BR. 2,4,2,6. ŚAT. BR. 9,1,1,29) Adv. ja (unbetont) nicht, denn nicht; gewiss nicht, durchaus nicht. Verstärkt durch ein nachfolgendes aṅgá, nú, sma und *kam.

Apte 1890 particle

Original text · English · particle

nahi ind. Surely or certainly not, by no means, not at all; āśaṃsā nāhi naḥ prete jīvema daśamūrdhani Bk. 19. 5.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

nahí (ná hí) denn nicht, ja nicht, gewiss nicht.

Burnouf 1866 Word type unspecified

Original text · French · Word type unspecified

nahi nahi, cf. na et hi.

Occurrences in source texts (1)

SVU 1 occurrence
SVU 2.6-2.7: Where the Gathered Mind Arises 1 occurrence

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